BEYOND
THE TRICKS.
Who gets to skate? Who makes a spot? What counts as evidence?
A new lens on skateboarding: social life, places, history and research. Questions first. Evidence always.
CULTURE
RE-EXAMINED
CHOOSE YOUR
PERSPECTIVE.
Four ways to explore skateboarding beyond the tricks. Pick a series to preview its approach.
One Paper. One Question.
What can one study actually tell us?
We examine the research question, methods, sample, findings and limitations of one peer-reviewed study, without presenting a single paper as universal proof.
READ RESEARCH CONTEXT ↗Skate Facts
Whose stories become skateboarding history?
From bans to landmark places and overlooked people: we compare historical records, reporting, archives and scholarship, while naming disputed or uncertain accounts.
EXPLORE OUR METHOD ↗The Spot Files
What makes a place a skate spot?
We examine access, local histories, spatial negotiations and the relationships that turn a place into something meaningful for skateboarders and their communities.
EXPLORE THE PROJECT ↗Skate or Fiction?
Does a familiar claim survive scrutiny?
We compare sources, clarify what a claim actually means and make room for supported, mixed or unresolved verdicts. No forced yes-or-no conclusion.
OUR EDITORIAL STANDARDS ↗Stories will first appear on Instagram. A reference-rich website archive will grow as posts are published. See the research library ↗
GOOD QUESTIONS.
BETTER EVIDENCE.
We distinguish findings from interpretations, make limits visible, credit original authors and correct mistakes openly.
Our editorial standards ↗URBAN SPACE.
SKATE CULTURE.
NAIROBI.
Peer-reviewed / 2025
Reviving the forgotten: breathing life into urban wastelands through skateboarding and decolonial placemaking in Nairobi, Kenya.
Athanasios Tsipis and Sepandarmaz Mashreghi. The publication predates and is independent of The Skate Question.
READ ORIGINAL ARTICLE ↗